Forward taken in fifth round of NHL Draft in 2021 has impressed Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis both with and without the puck.
"It was clear that, for whatever their reasons may have been, I wasn't going to be playing on offence and that was that."
"I don’t think there’s ever any guarantees whether you do surgery or not," says Hab who is expected to be out 2-3 months with knee sprain.
On the eve of the NHL season, our panel debates what a successful campaign for the Habs would look like.
Le CH et son peuple charts the decline of the Montreal Canadiens from their “Flying Frenchmen” glory days to now.
And what happened to David Reinbacher and Kirby Dach just made it worse.
"We have depth at tailback and enough Canadian depth overall to make the trade," GM Danny Maciocia says.
The 21-year-old has had an impressive training camp and fact he can play centre or wing works to his advantage after injury to Patrik Laine.
Forward pounded Senators' Ridly Greig during a third period bout, after Greig levelled him with a blindside hit to the jaw in the first.
Ottawa 4, Montreal 3. Arber Xhekaj gets 44 penalty minutes and two match penalties in two games.